Phillip Spaulding

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Grant Aleksander as Phillip Spaulding

Phillip Granville Spaulding is a fictional character on the popular CBS daytime soap opera, Guiding Light. The character is the adopted son of business mogul, Alan Spaulding, and his first ex-wife, Elizabeth. Phillip has been portrayed by three different actors with Grant Aleksander the most recent to fill this role. Aleksander has been with the show since 1982. He left two years after his first stint on the show in 1984 and returned to Guiding Light only three years later in 1987. He would then enjoy a five-year run before leaving again in 1991. Five years later, he returned in 1996 and played the role until November 2004 when he was presumably shot dead at the Cooper restaurant, Company.

In July 2005 however, Phillip was revealed to be alive and well when he was visited by Alan. His father is now in police custody taking the fall for the "homicide" of his son but is now trying to get out by trying to prove the validity of his claims that Phillip is indeed alive via his son's ex-wife, Harley Cooper, who was convicted for Phillip's homicide (and cleared when Alan was arrested) and Harley's ex-husband, A.C. Mallet.

1 Family, Marriages, Romantic Entanglements and Children
2 Actor History

[edit] Family, Marriages, Romantic Entanglements and Children

[edit] Family

Justin Marler and Jackie Scott (deceased) (biological parents)
Alan Spaulding and Elizabeth Spaulding (adoptive parents)
Emily Marler, Emmett Scott, Brandon Spaulding and Penelope Winthrop (biological and adoptive grandparents; deceased)
Samantha Marler (biological sister)
Gus Aitoro and Alan-Michael Spaulding (adoptive brothers)
Lucy Cooper (former sister-in-law)
Ross Marler, Lainie Marler, Ben Warren (deceased), Alexandra Spaulding, Victoria Spaulding and Amanda Spaulding (biological and adoptive aunts and uncles)
Blake Thorpe Marler and Carter Bowden (aunts and uncles by marriage)
Dinah Marler, Kevin Marler, Jason Marler, Clarissa Marler, Drew Jacobs, Lujack Luvonaczek (deceased), Nick McHenry and Vicky Spaulding (biological and adoptive cousins)
Susan Bates Spaulding (cousin-in-law)
Max Jacobs (2nd cousin)

[edit] Marriages

Marital status: Single

Mindy Lewis (divorced)
India von Halkein (divorced)
Blake Thorpe (divorced)
Elizabeth "Beth" Raines (divorced)
Harley Cooper (divorced)
Olivia Spencer (divorced)

[edit] Significant Relationships

Mindy Lewis (ex-lovers)
Chelsea Reardon (broken engagement)
Meredith Reade (one-night stand)
Harley Cooper Aitoro (ex-lovers)
Beth Raines Spaulding (affair)
Olivia Spencer (ex-lovers)

[edit] Children

Lizzie Spaulding (with ex-wife, Beth)
Alan Cooper "Zach" Spaulding (with ex-wife, Harley)
James Spaulding (with ex-wife, Beth: via one night stand)
Emma Spencer Lewis (with ex-wife, Olivia; adopted by Bill Lewis)

Phillip fathered a baby girl with first wife, Mindy Lewis, but that pregnancy ended in a miscarriage. He also had a one-night stand with Dr. Meredith Reade which resulted in a pregnancy but their son was sadly stillborn.